Tom Hooper is yet to announce his next project, but there are rumours within the industry that he's in line to direct a film about Freddie Mercury.

According to industry publication Deadline, there have been a few offers for Hooper to direct the picture. Hooper directed the best picture Oscar-winning The King's Speech as well as the Oscar-winning musical Les Misérables.

If Hooper were to direct the Freddie Mercury film, he'd be reunited with Sacha Baron Cohen, who played errant innkeeper Thénardier in the film of the musical. Baron Cohen was confirmed as playing the Queen frontman by guitarist Brian May in October last year. May, who broke the news on his website, added that filming would begin in Spring 2013 for a Spring 2014 release.

The film, which still doesn't have a title, will chronicle Mercury's life leading up to his performance at Live Aid in 1985. Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, is writing the film's screenplay and Robert De Niro is one of the producers.

No formal announcement about who will direct the film has been made, and Hooper's agent told the Telegraph they couldn't make a comment on his involvement.